Whew! After seven hours of driving Mrs. M finally made it to Victor!
She encountered interstate freeways that had been closed due to high winds, twisty snow covered roads littered with the occasional errant car stuck deep within the roadside snowbank, blowing snow that would temporarily block the road from view, white-out conditions, black-ice, car accidents that had caused certain portions of a road to close briefly, road closures that took effect 15 minutes after she had passed by the gate, road closures that were lifted 15 minutes before she got to the gate, snowbanks higher than a typical SUV, snowdrifts across the road that she couldn't see the end of, portions of the road surface that were covered in 4 inch thick ice, and through it all, she kept an attitude of "Ok, Here I go about to disappear in a great big puff of snow again! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee!" Something like that anyway...
So Friday morning at 5:00, we depart Victor, ID in Reba the Jeepa and mount an early morning assault on Teton Pass that will hopefully be clear and allow us to reach Jackson before 6:00 to be ready to board a fingers-crossed on-time flight to Austin, TX at 7:30. Boy will we both be relieved when those wheels get off the ground. I feel like the race has already started!
Stay tuned for the race report in the coming week or two.
12 Glory Laps in 12 Hours
Last February 20th, I hiked and skied 12 laps on Mt. Glory. 19,638 feet climbed with skis on my back and 19,638 feet skied to raise money for Camp To Belong. It's snowing again and I'm ready for the 2nd edition! Click the logo for more info and ways to support camp!
Camp To Belong - Elk Mountain Grand Traverse
We're racing the Elk Mtn Grand Traverse this March, a 40 mile ski race across the roof of Colorado in the middle of the night! Click for updates on our training and fundraising progress!
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Driggs, ID
1 comment:
So far so good! Have a great trip! You will be a great crew chief and pacer! Stay supportive and know when to let her run in the zone without interuption.
Make sure she eats to stay fueled and be patient when the energy fades. It'a amazing how you cycle from a tired low where all you can do is walk, back to enough energy to run again.
Have fun!
Eric
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